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Avalon Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Avalon?

In 2018 the rare name Avalon, ranked the 1,736th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Uncommon, Avalon would be a striking name choice.

Its highest popularity RANKING of #1169 was reached in 1921.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 2014 with 157 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Avalon in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 1981.

Approximately during the years 1934-1937, 1983-1987, 1988-1994, 1998-2002, 2003-2006, and 2011-2014, the name Avalon took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1921-1925.

Sometimes the name Avalon has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

For a number of years, the name Avalon has steadily increased in popularity. In recent years however, the number of babies given the name Avalon has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Avalon?

Currently, the name is at a high point when compared to its most popular year.

The name Avalon is still rare and has recently started to drift downward in popularity.

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   Avalon (Girl)Avalon (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 117 1,736 6 10,837
2017 131 1,640 < 5 --
2016 154 1,480 < 5 --
2015 151 1,504 7 9,653
2014 157 1,443 < 5 --
2013 136 1,575 6 10,853
2012 104 1,910 < 5 --
2011 119 1,729 < 5 --
2010 126 1,676 < 5 --
2009 146 1,545 < 5 --
2008 132 1,685 < 5 --
2007 131 1,681 < 5 --
2006 135 1,591 < 5 --
2005 98 1,948 < 5 --
2004 105 1,812 < 5 --
2003 97 1,885 < 5 --
2002 95 1,868 < 5 --
2001 82 2,047 < 5 --
2000 64 2,407 5 10,506
1999 64 2,314 < 5 --
1998 47 2,799 < 5 --
1997 56 2,360 < 5 --
1996 53 2,427 < 5 --
1995 44 2,736 < 5 --
1994 58 2,259 < 5 --
1993 43 2,775 < 5 --
1992 45 2,689 6 7,495
1991 39 2,941 < 5 --
1990 16 5,579 6 7,244
1989 21 4,370 < 5 --
1988 21 4,184 < 5 --
1987 27 3,342 < 5 --
1986 19 4,202 < 5 --
1985 14 5,098 < 5 --
1984 7 8,224 < 5 --
1983 6 9,114 < 5 --
1982 8 7,532 < 5 --
1981 < 5 -- < 5 --
1980 < 5 -- < 5 --
1979 < 5 -- < 5 --
1978 < 5 -- < 5 --
1977 < 5 -- < 5 --
1976 < 5 -- < 5 --
1975 < 5 -- < 5 --
1974 < 5 -- < 5 --
1973 < 5 -- < 5 --
1972 < 5 -- < 5 --
1971 < 5 -- < 5 --
1970 < 5 -- < 5 --
1969 < 5 -- < 5 --
1968 < 5 -- < 5 --
1967 < 5 -- < 5 --
1966 < 5 -- < 5 --
1965 < 5 -- < 5 --
1964 < 5 -- < 5 --
1963 < 5 -- < 5 --
1962 < 5 -- < 5 --
1961 < 5 -- < 5 --
1960 < 5 -- < 5 --
1959 5 6,303 < 5 --
1958 8 4,544 < 5 --
1957 9 4,224 < 5 --
1956 9 4,184 < 5 --
1955 < 5 -- < 5 --
1954 < 5 -- < 5 --
1953 < 5 -- < 5 --
1952 7 4,510 < 5 --
1951 5 5,466 < 5 --
1950 < 5 -- < 5 --
1949 5 5,291 < 5 --
1948 < 5 -- < 5 --
1947 7 4,378 < 5 --
1946 < 5 -- < 5 --
1945 < 5 -- < 5 --
1944 5 4,616 < 5 --
1943 < 5 -- < 5 --
1942 7 3,767 < 5 --
1941 5 4,455 < 5 --
1940 5 4,407 < 5 --
1939 20 1,739 < 5 --
1938 12 2,459 < 5 --
1937 17 1,921 < 5 --
1936 10 2,704 < 5 --
1935 10 2,746 < 5 --
1934 9 2,942 < 5 --
1933 7 3,432 < 5 --
1932 19 1,821 < 5 --
1931 13 2,314 < 5 --
1930 16 2,118 < 5 --
1929 20 1,837 < 5 --
1928 14 2,394 < 5 --
1927 11 2,878 < 5 --
1926 18 2,078 < 5 --
1925 13 2,630 < 5 --
1924 19 2,065 < 5 --
1923 22 1,844 < 5 --
1922 23 1,792 < 5 --
1921 43 1,169 < 5 --
1920 11 2,913 < 5 --
1919 < 5 -- < 5 --
1918 9 3,261 < 5 --
1917 < 5 -- < 5 --
1916 8 3,290 < 5 --
1915 9 2,921 < 5 --
1914 < 5 -- < 5 --
1913 < 5 -- < 5 --
1912 < 5 -- < 5 --
1911 < 5 -- < 5 --
1910 < 5 -- < 5 --
1909 < 5 -- < 5 --
1908 < 5 -- < 5 --
1907 5 2,097 < 5 --
1906 < 5 -- < 5 --
1905 < 5 -- < 5 --
1904 < 5 -- < 5 --
1903 < 5 -- < 5 --
1902 < 5 -- < 5 --
1901 < 5 -- < 5 --
1900 < 5 -- < 5 --
1899 < 5 -- < 5 --
1898 < 5 -- < 5 --
1897 < 5 -- < 5 --
1896 < 5 -- < 5 --
1895 < 5 -- < 5 --
1894 < 5 -- < 5 --
1893 < 5 -- < 5 --
1892 < 5 -- < 5 --
1891 < 5 -- < 5 --
1890 < 5 -- < 5 --
1889 < 5 -- < 5 --
1888 < 5 -- < 5 --
1887 < 5 -- < 5 --
1886 < 5 -- < 5 --
1885 < 5 -- < 5 --
1884 < 5 -- < 5 --
1883 < 5 -- < 5 --
1882 < 5 -- < 5 --
1881 < 5 -- < 5 --
1880 < 5 -- < 5 --

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.